As Orville took off from Simm’s Station the Dayton Journal photographer K. M. Kammer snapped off a shot with his camera, then climbed into a Republic automobile driven by Fred Devoe in a race to beat Orville back to the city so that he could take another photograph of the airplane as it circled downtown. The airplane and auto kept a close pace with each other until they neared the city limits and it looked as though there might be a close finish.
The Hamilton Journal reported the finish, stating that Orville “looked down on the 60-horsepowered Republic going as fast as it could and kept about even with it until it was necessary to go ahead; then he let the wings of his air bird flap a little faster and he went by the Republic like a shot.”
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